https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/07/06/david-johnsons-east-end-iiii/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Mon, 06 Jul 2026 11:38:19 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/07/06/david-johnsons-east-end-iiii/#comment-2122200 Mon, 06 Jul 2026 11:38:19 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=207549#comment-2122200 So many familiar scenes here that I weep at how unaware I was not to have photographed more myself.
I think I see the Golden Glove, late night source of tea & the wonderful ‘Liver All-Ons’, beside Christ Church.
David Hoffman

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/07/06/david-johnsons-east-end-iiii/#comment-2121915 Mon, 06 Jul 2026 07:15:11 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=207549#comment-2121915 From the pics, at least the barber used a safety razor (I presume) rather than a cut-throat haha!
My brother also studied Photography and his first job was at one of the Museums in South Kensington. However, his hobby was underwater swimming, which resulted him being offered a job at the Western Australian Underwater Water Museum in Fremantle, Western Australia in the early 1970s. Long retired now, he’s photographed most of the wrecks around the World, including being invited over to the UK by Margaret Rule to do the mapping out of the Mary Rose in Portsmouth when it was still on the sea bed – which he did. Also invited back to the UK to be a guest speaker when there was a big anniversary of the raising of the Mary Rose.

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